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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1936
Page
6
Dorothy Dix outlines four sentimental pitfalls for young men seeking marriage. He warns against long engagements, marrying from proximity, calf love, and marrying for a woman's love alone. He cautions that ambition, habit, and misaligned affection often derail a hopeful union.
Mr and Mrs Don MacPherson hosted a backyard picnic in Hebbardsville to honor two birthdays. Guests included Ross Rathburn and C E MacPherson with 74 and 70 candles on cakes. A music program followed with Irene MacPherson Marguerite Reno Marie Webb and Helen Woodruth. Thirty five children and grandchildren attended.
Crochet pattern offers six star lace doilies to set glasses and silverware. Includes directions, stitch illustrations, and material list. Pattern 124 costs 10 cents, send to The Athens Messenger Needle craft Dept. 82 Eighth Avenue New York NY with name and address and pattern number.
A dense list of radio shows and performers appears, naming Virginians, actors, bands, and orchestras. Entries include The ONeilis Gene Perasse News Pepper Young, Sidelines of Baseball scores, and multiple orchestras such as Kemp Orch and CBS Orchestra. The listing blends musical suites, dramatic sketches, variety acts, and time slots across CBS and local stations.
Pattern 2771 offers a versatile frock with a bow at the neckline in vivid fabrics. Sizes 12 through 42, with fabric and ribbon yardage for size 16, illustrated instructions, and price 15 cents. Order via The Athens Messenger Pattern Department, 243 West Street, New York. Also mentions peach diviner locating water at a YMCA camp.
A word puzzle list with clues across and down covering politics herbs seeds birds metals and daily terms. It features standard crossword style prompts including population, professions, and common objects.
The article advises a creamy skin look this fall with powders one shade lighter than the complexion and rouge plus lipstick matched to blood tones. Hairstyles favor a middle part brushed back with sleek, smooth styling, while makeup shifts to simple, feminine effects and softer tones.
Olive Roberts Barton addresses whether a mother should take a long vacation away from her two and a half year old. She argues the child's welfare and the mother's need for a break justify either leaving the child with a competent caregiver or traveling with safeguards, stressing maternal well being and perspective.
Alameda County Mosquito Abatement requests a $49,020 appropriation to continue the fight for the next fiscal year in Alameda, California. In Bombay, four people were injured when an amateur actor playing a knight struck out with a sword, injuring four musicians who were hospitalized.
Joe E Brown appears as Alexander Botts in the First National comedy Earthworm Tractors at the Athena Theater Friday. He is supported by June Travis Carol Hughes Guy Kibbee Dick Foran Gene Lockhart Olin Howland Joseph Crehan Sara Edwards Charles Wilson William Davidson Irving Bacon Stuart Holmes in a cast led by Raymond Enright from a screenplay by Richard Macauley Joe Traub and Hugh Cummings.
Adele Garrison presents a continuation where characters discuss Marion and Ronald. The narrator confirms Ronald’s suitability for Marion, notes their youth, and explains Ronald’s stepfather’s devotion while addressing family doubts and future financial help. The scene ends with approval for Ronald and a hint of further questions.
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